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Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest Accounts Hacked (thestack.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Saudi Arabian hacking group OurMine yesterday claimed responsibility for the defacement of Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts, claiming additionally that the Facebook CEO re-used the very low-security password 'dadada' across the accounts. The hack was facilitated by the 2012 data breach of unsalted LinkedIn passwords, offered for sale by hacker 'peace' last month at an equivalent price in Bitcoin of approximately $2,200.The aforementioned group said to have hacked Zuckerberg's Instagram account as well, a claim that has since been refuted by a Facebook spokesperson. Zuckerberg's Google+ account remains intact if you're wondering.

3 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. Zuck, meet pwgen... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $ sudo apt-get install pwgen

    pwgen -y 16

    Or if your password can't handle symbols, omit the -y.

    Captcha: "repeated"

  2. Re:No love for Google+ by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe they thought it was pointless since Google will probably close Google+ in a few months anyway.

  3. Re:Aaaarrrrgh! by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Christ yes.

    Could we make it permanent and with him in the middle of it all so we never have to deal with the twat again?

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